# Prayer to Our Lady of Loreto on the Assumption
*2022-08-14*

> Bill Young leads a solemn prayer to Our Lady of Loreto, invoking Mary’s intercession for families, the Church, and the world on the Solemnity of the Assumption.

## Opening Invocation

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

O Mary of Loreto, glorious Virgin, we approach you with confidence and offer this humble prayer.

## Petition for Peace and Justice

Humanity is troubled by grave evils. We ask for peace, justice, truth, and love, that we might find these realities far from the darkness that surrounds us. You, who bore the Divine Savior in a pure womb and lived in the holy house we venerate on the hill of Loreto, grant us the grace to seek Him and imitate His example, leading us to salvation.

## Family and Christian Life

Through faith and love, may we come to the spiritual home of your blessing. May every son learn obedience and work from Jesus; may every woman learn humility and sacrifice from Saint Joseph; may every man live justly and faithfully in family and society. O Mary, let families become sanctuaries where God is loved and served, imitating your own holy household.

## Intercession for the Church and the World

Pray for the universal Church, for Italy, and for all peoples of the earth. May civil institutions be guided toward the common good, and may sinners be drawn to become disciples of God. On this day of grace, we unite our hearts with the Holy Spirit that overshadows your holy house.

## Traditional Marian Prayers

Hail Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, our life, our sweetness, and our hope. To you we cry, banished children of Eve, raising our sighs and tears. Turn, most gracious Advocate, your eyes and mercy toward us. Show us the blessed fruit of your womb, Jesus. O Clement, O Loving, sweet Virgin Mary, pray for us that we may be made worthy of Christ’s promises.

Hail, Mother of Jesus, Mother of the Church, refuge of sinners, comfort of the afflicted, help of Christians. Gate of Paradise, Star of the Sea, hear our petitions.

## Final Supplications

Our Lady of Loreto, protect us, heal us, care for our children, ease our sufferings, intercede for us, and assist us at the hour of death. May the heavenly treasures of grace flow to us. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for sinners now at the hour of our death. Amen.

*May Mary’s intercession on this Assumption day inspire us to live as families and disciples rooted in peace, love, and faith.*